When you open a Google Form each question has a drop-down menu where you can select between several different types of questions. Each type has you input your information slightly different.

• Short Answer: The short answer give your students room to write a one or two word response. These are usually used for testing student's understanding of spelling an vocabulary.
• Paragraph: The paragraph section gives your students a larger area to write a paragraph response to a prompt. These can be used to have students explain a concept or idea.
• Multiple Choice: The standard multiple-choice question gives your students several options to a prompt and allows the students to select one response.
• Checkboxes: Checkboxes are like multiple choice but allows your students to select more than one answer to a given prompt. These can be used like a list of concepts or a multiple choice question with more than one correct solution.
• Dropdown: The Dropdown is a different way of viewing a multiple choice question. Instead of clicking on one correct answer the students can pull a dropdown menu to select their answer. The choices can also be viewed one at a time by pressing the arrow keys up or down giving students one option to consider at a time. This option might be good for students with attention issues.
• File Upload: Students can sometimes create works of art or other designs in various programs on their computers. The File Upload option allows students to upload and submit a file that you can view on your own computer to grade. This can be customized to the type of file that can be submitted and the size to prevent you from running out of memory.
• Linear Scale: These are also sometimes referred to as a Likert Scale where you give students a range of responses and they must select an answer based on how their view matches with the choices. These often are used as opinion based questions with options ranging from Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree.
• Multiple Choice Grid: The Multiple Choice Grid combines the multiple choice question with the linear scale. This gives students a range of options along the top with a series of questions to rate along the side. Each row can have one answer.
• Checkbox Grid: This combines the linear scale with checkboxes. It is setup like the Multiple Choice Grid however it can allow multiple selections for each row. Both the Multiple Choice Grid and Checkbox Grid could be used for rubric assessment scoring.
• Date and Time: The date and time are two ways of a student to input the date and time of something. This could be used when writing a current event piece or scheduling an appointment.

For an example of what each of these features looks like in a form click here.